Hi . This is my first topic and my nightmare too.I have cheap Hi ten bicycle with almost all steel components (only wheels are aluminium, best ones on market, kryptonit x made by capriolo, they are maybe one of strongest wheels) i dont haave money to spend on good alloy bicycle but i have some for new parts.I want to replace my stem,handlebar and seatpost with aluminium ones ( maybe few other things, but for now only this)

So my question is, how much weight could i loose from bicycle ( 200 g, 300g,...)

Please help , i am googling for a month now and i cant find any article about it....

thanks. i saw that my handlebar have ~420g and aluminium ones are ~ 200g also i thing that my seatpost is pretty heavy because its from 2 parts ( pipe and other thing which tights saddle) so i could also drop 200 gand stem also....next upgrade are tires, i want some light but durable tires ( this old ones are chinese inertube and chezch outer,... they are great ( 0 puncture) but i destroyed them braking)oh yes and braking, i have some crappy front disc brake so i will change it to avid sd3 or better ( my disk brakes are 500g and vbrake avid is 210 each )

You can get aluminimum posts that still take the steel mountings on top, works out cheaper and often lighter than a full new ally post, I have a Zoom one that came off a bike I bought, at 240g it's not a bad weight at all (it's on my town hack bike).

Tyre will liley be a big saving, cheap tyres are circa 1Kg, decent ones 600g or less, likewide a decent tube can be 150g while a cheap opne 230g.

thanks.i bought handlebar and drop around 200 g, now i am waiting for seatpost . for tires i will buy kenda or even shwalbe ( for good kenda tires price is like shwalbe. on serbian market cst are mosf durable and best choice

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